Advisory: Advisory: Appropriate placement test score and concurrent enrollment in ESLL 226 recommended; intended for students whose native language is not English; not open to students with credit in ESL 157.

Grade Type: Letter Grade, the student may select Pass/No Pass

Not Repeatable.

FHGE: Non-GE Transferable: None

5 hours lecture. (60 hours total per quarter)

Student Learning Outcomes -

Identify the main idea of an appropriate text of approximately 500 words.

Apply words learned in their given form by using them to write original sentences which demonstrate the studentâ€™s comprehension of the target word.

Expand active and passive vocabulary: Do vocabulary building exercises

Apply reading strategies

Do pre-reading and predicting

Use context clues to determine meanings of unfamiliar words

Use appropriate strategies for different reading purposes, e.g. scan or skim

Use reading skills

identify main ideas

distinguish fact from opinion

make inferences

Use an English-English dictionary

Identify parts of speech

Choose the appropriate definition of a word

Write clear paragraphs about and in response to readings at a high-intermediate level of English

Talk and write about readings in the students' own words

Evaluate and analyze ideas in the readings

Write identifiable paragraphs.

Write sentences with capital letters and periods.

Spell key words correctly.

Write sentences using the structures expected of the intermediate level with good accuracy.

Methods of Evaluation -

Class performance

Completion of required outside reading

Exercises

Quizzes

Exams that demonstrate students' ability to apply the newly acquired reading skills to new reading selections comparable to those studied in class.

Representative Text(s) -

Instructors must choose a textbook from the list below. If, however, a faculty member would prefer to use a textbook not on the list, he or she must contact a full-time faculty member who regularly teaches the course to explain how the adoption would serve to achieve the learning outcomes specified in the course outline of record.